Obama, Xi Found Common Ground at Summit, Officials Say

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.—The U.S. and Chinese leaders found common ground on issues from North Korea to climate change and pledged to talk more about their disagreements, officials of both countries said after an intense and unusual two-day meeting that ended Saturday.

U.S. and Chinese officials seemed delighted at the outcome of the working, informal "shirtsleeves summit," with one Chinese participant calling it a "constructive, strategic and historic" meeting between the two world powers. Overall, President...

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